Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising: (a) a plurality of pixels respectively having photoelectric conversion units each converting incident light into an electric charge and arranged in a matrix form in units of basic patterns; and (b) an optical member arranged on the incidence side of the incident light than the pixels and having constituent elements respectively corresponding to the pixels; wherein the pixels include: (a1) a first wavelength range light pixel that makes first wavelength range light included in the incident light incident; (a2) a second wavelength range light pixel that makes incident second wavelength rage light included in the incident light and shorter in wavelength than the first wavelength range light; and (a3) a third wavelength range light pixel that makes incident third wavelength range light included in the incident light and shorter in wavelength than the second wavelength range light, wherein each of the basic patterns is comprised of an arrangement pattern formed by combining the first wavelength range light pixel, the second wavelength range light pixel and the third wavelength range light pixel, wherein a plurality of misregistration constituent elements in each of which misregistration occurs with respect to each of the photoelectric conversion units exist in the constituent elements configuring the optical member, wherein in the misregistration constituent elements, the misregistration increases toward the misregistration constituent elements separated from a center position of a pixel array comprised of the pixels, wherein in an arbitrary the basic pattern comprised of pixels corresponding to the misregistration constituent elements, the misregistration of the misregistration constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel is smaller than the misregistration of the misregistration constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel, and wherein in the arbitrary the basic pattern, the misregistration of the misregistration constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel is larger than the misregistration of the misregistration constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel.
2. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member is a light shielding zone, and wherein each of the constituent elements is a light penetration unit comprised of an opening provided in the light shielding zone.
3. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member is a color filter, wherein of the constituent elements, the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel is a first wavelength range light penetration filter that allows the first wavelength range light to penetrate therethrough, wherein of the constituent elements, the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel is a second wavelength range light penetration filter that allows the second wavelength range light to penetrate therethrough, and wherein of the constituent elements, the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel is a third wavelength range light penetration filter that allows the third wavelength range light to penetrate therethrough.
4. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member is a microlens group, and wherein each of the constituent elements is a microlens.
5. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wavelength range light is red light, wherein the second wavelength range light is green light, wherein the third wavelength range light is blue light, wherein the first wavelength range light pixel is a red light pixel, wherein the second wavelength range light pixel is a green light pixel, and wherein the third wavelength range light pixel is a blue light pixel.
6. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the photoelectric conversion units is comprised of a photodiode.
7. A layout data generating device for generating layout data indicative of arrangement positions of a plurality of constituent elements configuring an optical member of a solid-state imaging device, comprising: a plurality of pixels respectively having photoelectric conversion units each converting incident light into an electric charge and arranged in a matrix form in units of basic patterns; and the optical member arranged on the incidence side of the incident light than the pixels and having the constituent elements respectively corresponding to the pixels, wherein the pixels include: a first wavelength range light pixel that makes first wavelength range light included in the incident light incident; a second wavelength range light pixel that makes incident second wavelength range light included in the incident light and shorter in wavelength than the first wavelength range light; and a third wavelength range light pixel that makes incident third wavelength range light included in the incident light and shorter in wavelength than the second wavelength range light, wherein each of the basic patterns is comprised of an arrangement pattern formed by combining the first wavelength range light pixel, the second wavelength range light pixel and the third wavelength range light pixel, wherein the layout data generating device includes: (a) an input unit that inputs therein initial layout data indicative of respective initial arrangement positions of the constituent elements arranged in the same positions as the photoelectric conversion units planarly, and shrink rate data indicative of rates at which the respective arrangement positions of the constituent elements are shrunken; (b) a shrink layout data operation unit that calculates shrink layout data indicative of arrangement positions where the initial arrangement positions are shrunken, from the initial layout data, based on the shrink rate data inputted to the input unit; (c) a division operation unit that divides the shrink layout data by grid data indicative of a unit to digitize the shrink layout data to calculate divided data; (d) an integer operation unit that performs integer processing on the divided data when numeric data after a decimal point is included in the divided data, to calculate integer data; (e) a corrected layout data operation unit that multiplies the grid data and the integer data to thereby calculate corrected layout data indicative of the digitized shrink layout data; and (f) an output unit that outputs the corrected layout data, wherein the initial layout data includes: first initial layout data indicative of the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel; second initial layout data indicative of the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel; and third initial layout data indicative of the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel, wherein the shrink rate data includes: first shrink rate data indicative of a shrink rate of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel; second shrink rate data indicative of a shrink rate of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel and smaller in value than the first shrink rate data; and third shrink rate data indicative of a shrink rate of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel and smaller in value than the second shrink rate data, wherein the shrink layout data includes: first shrink layout data indicative of an arrangement position where the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel is shrunken; second shrink layout data indicative of an arrangement position where the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel is shrunken; and third shrink layout data indicative of an arrangement position where the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel is shrunken, wherein the divided data includes: first divided data corresponding to the first shrink layout data; second divided data corresponding to the second shrink layout data; and third divided data corresponding to the third shrink layout data, wherein the integer data includes: first integer data corresponding to the first divided data; second integer data corresponding to the second divided data; and third integer data corresponding to the third divided data, wherein the corrected layout data includes: first corrected layout data indicative of a correction position of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel; second corrected layout data indicative of a correction position of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel; and third corrected layout data indicative of a correction position of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel, wherein the shrink layout data operation unit calculates the first shrink layout data from the first initial layout data, based on the first shrink rate data, calculates the second shrink layout data from the second initial layout data, based on the second shrink rate data, and calculates the third shrink layout data from the third initial layout data, based on the third shrink rate data, wherein the division operation unit divides the first shrink layout data by the grid data to calculate the first divided data, divides the second shrink layout data by the grid data to calculate the second divided data, and divides the third shrink layout data by the grid data to calculate the third divided data, wherein the integer operation unit performs integer processing on the first divided data to calculate the first integer data, performs integer processing on the second divided data to calculate the second integer data, and performs integer processing on the third divided data to calculate the third integer data, and wherein the corrected layout data operation unit multiplies the grid data and the first integer data to thereby calculate the first corrected layout data, multiplies the grid data and the second integer data to thereby calculate the second corrected layout data, and multiplies the grid data and the third integer data to thereby calculate the third corrected layout data.
8. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the initial layout data is comprised of a plurality of first coordinate data indicative of respective positions of the constituent elements in a first direction with a center position of a pixel array comprised of the pixels as a reference, and a plurality of second coordinate data indicative of respective positions of the constituent elements in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and wherein the shrink layout data and the corrected layout data are also comprised of a plurality of first coordinate data and a plurality of second coordinate data.
9. The layout data generating device according to claim 8 , wherein the shrink layout data operation unit multiplies the first coordinate data of the initial layout data by the shrink rate data to thereby calculate the first coordinate data of the shrink layout data, respectively, and wherein the shrink layout data operation unit multiplies the second coordinate data of the initial layout data by the shrink rate data to thereby calculate the second coordinate data of the shrink layout data, respectively.
10. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the integer operation unit calculates the integer data by the process of rounding down the numeric data after the decimal point included in the divided data.
11. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the integer operating unit calculates the integer data by the process of rounding up the numeric data after the decimal point included in the divided data.
12. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the integer operation unit calculates the integer data by the process of rounding off the numeric data after the decimal point included in the divided data.
13. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the optical member is a light shielding zone, and wherein each of the constituent elements is a light penetration unit comprised of an opening provided in the light shielding zone.
14. The layout data generating device according to claim 13 , further including a shielding pattern data generating unit that generates light shielding pattern data indicative of a pattern of the light shielding zone, wherein the shielding pattern data generating unit performs arithmetic processing based on the corrected layout data calculated by the corrected layout data operation unit on solid pattern data taken as the base of each light shielding pattern to thereby generate the light shielding pattern data.
15. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the optical member is a color filter, wherein of the constituent elements, the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel is a first wavelength range light penetration filter that allows first wavelength range light to penetrate therethrough, wherein of the constituent elements, the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel is a second wavelength range light penetration filter that allows second wavelength range light to penetrate therethrough, and wherein of the constituent elements, the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel is a third wavelength range light penetration filter that allows third wavelength range light to penetrate therethrough.
16. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the optical member is a microlens group, and wherein each of the constituent elements is a microlens.
17. The layout data generating device according to claim 7 , wherein the first wavelength range light is red light, wherein the second wavelength range light is green light, wherein the third wavelength range light is blue light, wherein the first wavelength range light pixel is a red light pixel, wherein the second wavelength range light pixel is a green light pixel, and wherein the third wavelength range light pixel is a blue light pixel.
18. A layout data generating method for generating by a computer, layout data indicative of arrangement positions of a plurality of constituent elements configuring an optical member of a solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of pixels respectively having photoelectric conversion units each converting incident light into an electric charge and arranged in a matrix form in units of basic patterns; and the optical member arranged on the incidence side of the incident light than the pixels and having the constituent elements respectively corresponding to the pixels, wherein the pixels include: a first wavelength range light pixel that makes first wavelength range light included in the incident light incident; a second wavelength range light pixel that makes incident second wavelength range light included in the incident light and shorter in wavelength than the first wavelength range light; and a third wavelength range light pixel that makes incident third wavelength range light included in the incident light and shorter in wavelength than the second wavelength range light, wherein each of the basic patterns is comprised of an arrangement pattern formed by combining the first wavelength range light pixel, the second wavelength range light pixel and the third wavelength range light pixel, the layout data generating method comprising the steps of: (a) inputting to an input unit of the computer, initial layout data indicative of respective initial arrangement positions of the constituent elements arranged in the same positions as the photoelectric conversion units planarly, and shrink rate data indicative of rates at which the respective arrangement positions of the constituent elements are shrunken; (b) calculating by a shrink layout data operation unit of the computer, shrink layout data indicative of arrangement positions where the initial arrangement positions are shrunken, from the initial layout data, based on the shrink rate data inputted to the input unit; (c) dividing the shrink layout data by grid data indicative of a unit to digitize the shrink layout data to calculate divided data by a division operation unit of the computer; (d) when numeric data after a decimal point is included in the divided data, performing integer processing on the divided data to calculate integer data by an integer operation unit of the computer; (e) multiplying the grid data and the integer data to thereby calculate corrected layout data indicative of the digitized shrink layout data by a corrected layout data operation unit of the computer; and (f) outputting the corrected layout data by an output unit of the computer, wherein the initial layout data includes: first initial layout data indicative of the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel; second initial layout data indicative of the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel; and third initial layout data indicative of the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel, wherein the shrink rate data includes: first shrink rate data indicative of a shrink rate of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel; second shrink rate data indicative of a shrink rate of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel and smaller in value than the first shrink rate data; and third shrink rate data indicative of a shrink rate of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel and smaller in value than the second shrink rate data, wherein the shrink layout data includes: first shrink layout data indicative of an arrangement position where the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel is shrunken; second shrink layout data indicative of an arrangement position where the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel is shrunken; and third shrink layout data indicative of an arrangement position where the initial arrangement position of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel is shrunken, wherein the divided data includes: first divided data corresponding to the first shrink layout data; second divided data corresponding to the second shrink layout data; and third divided data corresponding to the third shrink layout data, wherein the integer data includes: first integer data corresponding to the first divided data; second integer data corresponding to the second divided data, and third integer data corresponding to the third divided data, wherein the corrected layout data includes: first corrected layout data indicative of a correction position of the constituent element corresponding to the first wavelength range light pixel; second corrected layout data indicative of a correction position of the constituent element corresponding to the second wavelength range light pixel; and third corrected layout data indicative of a correction position of the constituent element corresponding to the third wavelength range light pixel, wherein the (b) step calculates the first shrink layout data from the first initial layout data, based on the first shrink rate data, calculates the second shrink layout data from the second initial layout data, based on the second shrink rate data, and calculates the third shrink layout data from the third initial layout data, based on the third shrink rate data, wherein the (c) step divides the first shrink layout data by the grid data to calculate the first divided data, divides the second shrink layout data by the grid data to calculate the second divided data, and divides the third shrink layout data by the grid data to calculate the third divided data, wherein the (d) step performs integer processing on the first divided data to calculate the first integer data, performs integer processing on the second divided data to calculate the second integer data, and performs integer processing on the third divided data to calculate the third integer data, and wherein the (e) step multiplies the grid data and the first integer data to thereby calculate the first corrected layout data, multiplies the grid data and the second integer data to thereby calculate the second corrected layout data, and multiplies the grid data and the third integer data to thereby calculate the third corrected layout data.
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June 21, 2016
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